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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Amir Khan has called for the return
of his WBA and IBF titles after claiming Lamont Peterson's failed drugs
test proves he was 'a cheat'.

It
emerged earlier this week that Peterson, who controversially beat Khan
in December to capture the Bolton fighter's WBA and IBF titles, had
tested positive for a banned steroid.

Their
rematch scheduled for May 19 has subsequently been cancelled, with
Khan's American promoter Richard Schaefer calling on the boxing
authorities to 'do the right thing' and rule the first fight a
no-contest.

Khan said: 'The Nevada Commission have
taken the licence off Lamont Peterson and they don't want him to fight
in the next fight, so I think whoever I fight next they'll put the
titles on the line or we still go through the process and we might get
the titles back and the fight that we had last time will be a
no-contest.'

Khan admitted the news of Peterson's
positive test had come as a 'big shock,' but added: 'The truth's come
out now and it just proves that Lamont Peterson was a cheat really.

Peterson's camp, however, insisted the 28-year-old was not a steroid abuser and vowed to clear his name.

Meanwhile, the British Boxing Board of
Control moved to counter the controversial heavyweight clash between
David Haye and Dereck Chisora at Upton Park on July 14, warning that
anyone involved in the promotion will lose their licences.

Haye and Chisora, who clashed at a
press conference in Munich in February, will fight after Frank Warren
obtained a licence from the Luxembourg Boxing Federation to stage the
bout, described as a 'freak show' by world champion Wladimir Klitschko.